The collection consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs from 1946-1962 related to Galax Retail Merchants Association compiled by Elizabeth Stanford, office manager and secretary for the RMA. Clippings include information about Christmas celebrations, parades and discount days, Galax "Dollar Days", "Farmers Day", "Potato Creek Day", and the Annual Banquet hosted by the Retail Merchants Association as well as a variety of awards and their recipients. This first scrapbook, ranging from 1946 to February 1962 also includes Elizabeth Stanford's Certificate of Completion for an 18-month Merchants Association and Credit Bureau Management course through the University of North Carolina in 1946 and a handwritten copy of The Star Spangled Banner. The second scrapbook, dating from May 1962 to 1964, contains memorabilia and pamphlets about the annual banquets, including the 25th anniversary of the Galax Retail Merchants Association in 1962.